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5 results for SCIATIC from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 27, 2023	21A	Kind of nerve that runs through the leg	Rich Katz	Shortz
Thu Nov 12, 2015	1A	___ nerve, the longest in the human body	David Kwong	Shortz
Sat Mar 14, 2015	25D	Kind of nerve (2)	James Mulhern	Shortz
Sun Mar 11, 2012	24A	___ nerve	Victor Fleming and John Dunn	Shortz
Sat Jun 20, 1998	35A	Kind of nerve (2)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz

3 results for SCIATIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 27, 1959	47A	___ nerve, largest in the body.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Sun Mar 20, 1955	16D	Of the hip.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jul 15, 1951	46D	Ischial.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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